W&m To Develop Gifted Curriculum

October 03, 1990

WILLIAMSBURG — The College of William and Mary has been awarded a $350,000 contract from the federal Department of Education to develop a science curriculum for gifted children.

The college's Center for Gifted Education will design a curriculum to teach gifted learners nationwide from kindergarten to eighth grade. Under guidelines of the grant, pilot programs will be created for selected classes in schools in Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Science was one of four major areas of curriculum identified for gifted learners. The others are mathematics, language arts and social studies.